
On February 25, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba , died of a sudden heart attack.
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On February 25, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba , died of a sudden heart attack.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, a prominent attorney and human rights advocate who persuaded local voters into accepting a sales tax to fix crumbling roads and infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital city, died Tuesday, authorities said. He was 66.
That difference has been on uncomfortable display lately, with billionaires declaring themselves an oppressed but superheroic minority “being pummeled” and “picked on,” despite their incomes having grown exponentially over the past few decades, leaving the rest of us far behind.
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Last Thursday, I took my son to meet Lucia McBath, because he is 13, about the age when a black boy begins to directly understand what his country thinks of him. His parents cannot save him.
The Hinds County coroner and city officials confirmed his death. Click here to watch 16 WAPT News coverage “Our father passed today (Tuesday) and we thank you for all the…
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Marijuana’s legal, but people of color are still disproportionately criminalized and incarcerated for drug use.
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Three freshmen were expelled from their fraternity at University of Mississippi (popularly known as Ole Miss) Friday for hanging a noose on a statue of James Meredith…